ocean-life Chapter 325 The New Master of Zone 0
Chapter 325 The New Master of Zone 0
Yu Jizi's words sent a chill down the spines of all the Chinese team members present.
"Senior Uncle, do you mean that the core of that 'mother nest' is sending signals to the outside world?" The leader of the "Dragon Fang" squad, a wiry man codenamed "Azure Wolf," immediately stepped forward and asked.
"It's not as simple as a signal." Yu Jizi shook his head and took out a palm-sized, ancient compass made of bronze and jade from his robes. The compass needle was spinning wildly, completely losing its direction.
"It's changing the 'rules,' or rather, the 'coordinates,' of this area." Yu-Jizi looked at the compass, his expression growing increasingly serious. "It's turning itself into a 'lighthouse.' A spatial beacon, incredibly conspicuous in the dark universe."
"Lighthouse? Beacon?" The wolf clearly couldn't understand these mysterious terms.
"You can think of it as a giant, shiny GG sign," Yu Jizi put it more simply, "that says: 'Fresh, fatty meat here, come quick!'"
This analogy made everyone instantly understand the seriousness of the matter.
"Is it attracting more monsters? Or... a more advanced 'Leviathan'?"
"I'm afraid it's even worse than that." Yu Jizi looked up at the sky, his gaze seemingly piercing through the atmosphere to see the boundless universe. "I sense that a will that doesn't belong to this world is being drawn to this 'lighthouse'."
This startling conclusion was immediately transmitted back to the Beijing No. 1 Command Center via encrypted communication.
After listening to the report, Li Zhenguo immediately understood the true meaning of He Yuzhu's words, "wait for the right opportunity."
It turns out that destroying the "Heart of Leviathan" was not the end.
It's just a lure, a bait to catch the "big fish"!
The gentleman's plan, clearly, was not simply to help humanity eliminate these monsters from the very beginning.
He is playing a much bigger game.
A game of chess, with the entire Earth as the chessboard and the fate of human civilization at stake—an earth-shattering game!
"Order the 'Messenger' team to immediately establish a forward observation post, activate the 'Sky-Gazing' array, and monitor all energy changes in Zone Zero at full power," Li Zhenguo calmly issued the order. "Without my order, no one is allowed to set foot in the war zone."
"yes!"
The Chinese exploration team sprang into action amidst the complex and wary gazes of the US military base personnel.
Instead of occupying US military facilities, they chose an open space next to the base and began building their own camp.
Several Kunlun disciples unloaded seemingly ordinary metal boxes from the transport plane.
They arranged the boxes according to some mysterious orientation.
Then, Yu Jizi, holding a whisk and chanting incantations, walked around the boxes, stepping on the Seven Stars.
Finally, he affixed a talisman, which he had personally hand-drawn, to the box in the very center.
"Buzz—!"
A soft, buzzing sound rang out.
All the boxes lit up at the same time with a pale blue light.
Visible streams of energy flowed between the boxes, connecting to form a massive and complex three-dimensional magic array.
Immediately afterwards, a semi-transparent energy shield rose from the ground, enveloping the entire camp.
The American soldiers watching from a distance were all dumbfounded.
"Oh my God... what are they doing? Are they performing magic?"
"What is that? An energy shield? Our base doesn't even have one! Has their technology advanced to that level?"
"No... I feel like it's not pure technology. It's more like... legendary magic!"
The Chinese, in less than half an hour, created a camp that appeared to be safer and more advanced than their military base, which they had been operating for several years.
This had a huge psychological impact on all the Americans present.
Just now, at the Huaxia camp, just as it was being set up.
"Warning! Warning! Unknown high-energy object detected, approaching Earth's orbit!"
A piercing alarm sounded simultaneously in China's "Sky-Gazing" array and in the radar stations of the US military base!
"What is that?!"
The commanders on both sides rushed to their respective monitoring screens almost simultaneously.
There it was, in a geosynchronous orbit in space.
A huge, shimmering, metallic object tore through space and appeared out of thin air!
That wasn't it; they were already very familiar with it—those fragments of "Leviathan," made of flesh and rock.
That was a real spaceship!
The spaceship's shape resembles a smooth, water droplet, full of streamlined and technological features. Its surface shows no visible weapons or portholes.
It just floated there, quietly, above the Earth.
Like a high and mighty god looking down upon this blue planet struggling in the flames of war beneath his feet.
In an instant, all the radar systems and space monitoring centers in the world that were still in operation detected this uninvited guest.
Panic began and spread.
Just now, we saw off "Leviathan".
Now, another one has arrived—an alien spaceship?
What kind of hornet's nest did this planet stir up?
Just as the world leaders were holding emergency consultations, speculating about the spaceship's purpose,
That teardrop-shaped spaceship has a new function.
It did not fire any weapons.
There was no attempt to conduct any communication.
It simply emitted an invisible wave towards Earth.
This wave, at the speed of light, swept across the entire Earth.
next second.
At the same time, a cold, emotionless, mechanical synthesized voice resounded in the minds of all humans worldwide who were still connected to the "Earth Online" system.
[A mutation has been detected in the qualification assessment for "Newbie Village Planet 734 (Earth)"... World events correction has begun...]
[World Event Update: The Key to Heaven]
[Event Background: Due to the "player's" extraordinary actions, the "Leviathan Mother Nest Core" has been prematurely converted into a "Phase Beacon." The beacon will be fully activated in 168 hours, broadcasting the coordinates of the "Unclaimed New World" to the current star system.]
[Event Objective: Locate the "ignition key" and successfully ignite the beacon before it is activated.]
[Event Reward: The first civilization (or organization) to successfully ignite the beacon will receive a safe star map pointing to Resource System T-098, and will gain priority teleportation access.]
How to obtain the "Ignition Key":
[One: Obtained from the "proctor" of this assessment.]
[Second: On the altar of the "Phase Beacon," sacrifice one hundred thousand souls possessing "wisdom."]
This series of messages, like a mental nuclear bomb, exploded in the minds of seven billion people around the world!
Everyone was stunned.
Newbie village?
Invigilator?
Sacrificing souls?
This is completely beyond their comprehension!
The White House, an underground fortress.
The president stared blankly at the message that surfaced in his mind, and the color drained from his face little by little.
He finally understood why Li Zhenguo had tried to stop him.
That thing in the pit isn't an "epic drop" at all!
That was a Pandora's box!
And they, with ten million merit points and the lives of more than a dozen heroes, personally opened this Pandora's box!
"It's over...it's all over..." A staff member collapsed to the ground in despair.
"No! Not yet!"
After a brief moment of shock and fear, the president's eyes once again erupted with a morbid fanaticism!
He stared intently at the two people, at the method they used to obtain the "key".
"The proctor...sacrifices a soul..."
His gaze fell on the second one.
Then, he suddenly shook his head.
No, the price is too high. And it's too evil.
He turned his gaze back to the first item.
"From the 'proctor' I received...
He suddenly raised his head and looked at his Secretary of State.
"So, in Zone Zero, are there three more powerful life signals?"
The Secretary of State was taken aback, but then he understood what the President meant.
"Yes, sir! The Chinese report mentioned it! One looked like a divine soldier, one like a demon, and another like a bonfire!"
"The proctor... must be among those three!" The president's breathing became rapid. "If we find him and get the 'key' from him, we can win! We can get that damned star map!"
"But... the Chinese are there too."
"Then let them die!" A ferocious smile appeared on the president's face. "Immediately! Contact the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance'!"
"Tell them, business has been upgraded!"
"I want them to wipe out the entire Zero Zone, at any cost!"
"Whether they're Chinese or that damn 'examiner'!"
"Those who stand in our way, on the path to America's great revival, shall die!"